HP Inc. and Girl Rising Mark International Day of the Girl with Partnership to Empower 10 Million Students and Teachers
October 11 2019 - 10:47AM
Today on International Day of the Girl, HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) and
nonprofit Girl Rising announced the launch of new curriculum and
technology solutions that will equip up to ten million students and
teachers. The multi-year partnership extends to communities in the
United States, India and Nigeria, and is a critical component in
reaching HP’s goal of enabling better learning outcomes for 100
million people by 2025.
“We are thrilled to once again partner with HP – a
company committed to social impact and at the forefront of
innovation in the classroom – to radically scale our efforts to
ensure girls everywhere have the knowledge, skills and confidence
to decide their own futures,” said Christina Lowery, CEO of Girl
Rising. “We are devoted to this cause because it is a proven
catalyst: giving girls access to education and opportunity is the
most effective factor in transforming pressing global issues
including health, poverty, and climate change.”
HP believes that education is a fundamental human
right that creates pathways to new opportunities. Today, more than
130 million girls around the world continue to lack access to
education and women account for two thirds of the 750 million
adults without basic literacy skills. HP will include Girl Rising’s
teacher training modules focused on youth empowerment and life
skills in HP Education Edition PCs. Targeted toward primary and
secondary schools, HP will also deploy a suite of curricula and a
library of content to accompany the HP School Pack, a suite of
software pre-loaded onto HP’s EHP Education Edition PC.
“HP prides itself on bringing out the best of
humanity through the power of technology,” said Michele Malejki,
Global Head, Social Impact Programs, HP. “Girl Rising is doing
groundbreaking work to empower women and girls around the world.
This has never been more important, and our collaboration will
equip millions of both students and teachers with the curriculum
and technology they need to thrive.”
With the goal to develop the next generation of
female leaders, the HP Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurship (HP
LIFE) – a free e-learning program from the HP Foundation created to
support entrepreneurship and skills development – will provide
additional curriculum in the three markets. HP School Packs, a
suite of software for educators, will also be available for the
duration of the program. HP will evaluate additional opportunities
for Girl Rising content and curricula distribution, including new
products and services, as well as additional partners to scale the
program over the next three years.
Global education opportunities
Building on the groundbreaking work of each
organization and their previous collaborations - launching the
Hindi language version of Girl Rising in India in 2015, celebrating
every day gender equality champions around the world through the
Girl Rising Creative Challenge in 2018, and the production and
distribution of Brave Girl Rising earlier this year - HP and Girl
Rising are now scaling efforts to improve learning outcomes and
gender attitudes for both boys and girls.
HP continues to advance education opportunities for
women and girls around the world. Last month during the UN General
Assembly, HP Inc. and UN Women signed an agreement to advance
education, entrepreneurship and digital learning for women and
girls in five priority countries: Senegal, South Africa, Nigeria,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Morocco.
HP’s partnership with UN Women through two UN Women
initiatives – Second Chance Education and African Girls Can Code –
possesses immense potential to both scale and address the lack of
investment in women and affording them access to opportunities for
career work and economic growth.
Both India and Nigeria have rapidly growing
populations of young people with extreme numbers of children not in
school - 41 percent of the population in Nigeria is under the age
of 16, with 10.5 million out of school and India has the world’s
largest population of 10-24 year-olds, 47 million of which will
drop out of school by the 10th grade. The burden on education in
both countries is overwhelming and new, innovative solutions are
vital to advancing change.
About Girl RisingGirl Rising
(GR)’s mission is to change the way the world values girls and
invests in their potential. Driven by decades of research
demonstrating that educating girls is one of the most effective
ways to address our world’s most pressing issues including health,
poverty, peace and stability and climate change, GR creates
original media and creative campaigns about the universal benefits
of educating girls. Working with local partners, GR reaches youth
and their communities through customized curricula designed to
build skills and confidence and address powerful social norms that
hold girls back.
About HPHP Inc. creates technology
that makes life better for everyone, everywhere. Through our
portfolio of personal systems, printers and 3D printing solutions,
we engineer experiences that amaze. More information about HP Inc.
is available at http://www.hp.com.
Additional Resources:
- Sustainable Impact at HP
- HP Education
- Girl Rising
Media Contact:Tom Suiter
tom.suiter@hp.comwww.hp.com/go/newsroom
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